MOCKS Synonyms: 229 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mock

as in imitates

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow

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as in ridicules

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes

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as in disobeys

to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath

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mocks

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noun

plural of mock

as in jokes

a person or thing that is made fun of they made a mock of the new recruit in front of the whole unit

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as in copies

something that is made to look exactly like something else obviously, the "priceless" Grecian urn that is destroyed in the movie was a mock

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Recent Examples of mocks

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In an odd twist, ESPN’s Matt Miller mocks Joly to Denver with the 111th pick — which is the fourth-rounder that Miami dealt to the Broncos in the Jaylen Waddle deal that netted the Dolphins picks in the first, third and fourth rounds. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026 This seems like a reach, but many mocks now have Cooper, previously considered a second-round pick, going to the Jets in the middle of the first round. —

Michael Salfino, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026 Generally speaking, Normand playfully mocks all sorts of different groups rather equally. —

James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026 Its leader, the president, abuses power, hurts the innocent, and mocks the dead before their families have even begun to grieve. —

Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026 Loznitsa neither sentimentalizes nor mocks this impulse; for him, the human will to resist, to cling fast to integrity and courage in the face of a mounting totalitarian horror, is something as real, as undeniable, and therefore worth acknowledging, as the horror itself. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026 Johnny lifts a plastic cross, festooned with plastic flowers, from the backseat and mocks it. —

Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026 The worst thing Isabella does to Cathy is murder the doll version of her after Cathy mocks her feelings for Heathcliff. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026 Chelsea Handler honors Rob Reiner, mocks DiCaprio's 'Titanic' vacationNeed a news break? —

Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026

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That led head coach Sean Payton to describe the wait as Barron fell through the teens toward them and, well, to mock the mocks. —

Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026 According to the mocks, Sampson’s Cougars, the tournament’s second seed, and top-seeded Arizona could have three or four players taken among the 60 drafted. —

Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026 Their mocks reflect a blend of that feedback and their own opinions. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026 But most mocks have Concepcion taken between picks 20 and 40. —

Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mocks

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Aristotle said that art imitates nature (ars imitatur naturam), and for centuries, many artists sought to imitate their subjects as realistically as possible.

— Andrey Mir, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Whether or not life imitates art remains to be seen.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026